Slowly But Surely

Nothing like a good list

So according to my countdown clock there’s 26 days until our flights to Australia. This means we’re, as the title intimates, slowly but surely working our way through the list of stuff to do before we leave. The one thing I was prepared for but still surprised by was just how many things we’ve needed [...]

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In To 2012 We Go

So another year begins and what a year it looks like it’s going to be. I enter it, on a personal level in a much healthier state having lost around three stone in 2011. I aim to continue this venture and have already signed up to the Canberra Half-Marathon in April. I’m also hoping to [...]

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2011: A Year in Review

Dear diary..

Well 2011 has been some year! Strangely though I didn’t make a post on this blog until March when I popped up and announced that our first big step to Australia since we put in the application had been made. We started the process in reality at the start of the year as, in January, [...]

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Hello Europa League!

Between the sticks

So last night Man Utd lost to Basel and in the process exited from the European Champions League. It was a disappointing night overall for the City of Manchester as Man City also exited despite beating Bayern Munich. In all honesty both teams didn’t do enough in my opinion to warrant qualification to the knock-out [...]

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